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Instrumented Indentation Testers

The widest range of high-precision indentation testing

With Anton Paar’s versatile indentation testers you can precisely determine the mechanical properties – e.g. hardness and elastic modulus – of thin films, coatings and bulk materials. The instruments can handle almost any type of material, whether soft, hard, brittle, or ductile. You can also conduct creep, fatigue, and stress-strain studies on surfaces in the nanometer range.

The basis of each Instrumented Indentation Tester is Step, a versatile surface testing platform providing housing for different types of indentation and scratch testing heads, thus covering up to four types of testing possibilities: instrumented indentation testing, scratch testing, Vickers hardness, and basic tribology.

High-Performance Nanoindenters for Reliable Nanoscale Characterization

Bruker’s nanomechanical test systems deliver the highest degree of performance, accuracy, reliability, and versatility for quantitative mechanical and tribological characterization at the nanoscale and microscale. Utilizing multiple patented and proprietary technologies, the Hysitron product line of standalone nanomechanical test systems enable quantitative characterization at length scales unreachable by others.

Combined with the most comprehensive suite of hybrid characterization techniques, the TI 990 TriboIndenter, TI 980 TriboIndenter, TI Premier Series, and TS 77 Select nanoindenters will keep your materials development at the forefront of technology.

Understanding and characterizing the behavior of surfaces and interfaces with high lateral resolution has become an important key to exploring new materials and technologies. The mechanical behavior of micro structures, thin films and coatings may be completely different from that in bulk materials.

The SURFACE Nanolab offers a variety of quantitative characterization methods for metrology, electronic, thermal and mechanical surface properties. Based on extensive lab experience, we can provide a wide range of services to our customers, such as:

• Contract measurements and simulation of indentation experiments
• Consulting for advanced testing applications
• Development of custom tailored testing setups and methods
• Instrument demonstrations, test measurements
• Participation in research projects
• Technical and application support for equipment purchased from SURFACE
• User training and workshops

Synton-MDP is a manufacturer of diamond stylus for mictrotechnical instruments. Most of the diamond tips are used in metrological equipment (surface finish, profile, form, nano-indentation, hardness, scratch, compression test, bend test and other characteristics).

We specialize in small spherical diamond tips, with a high level of dimensional accuracy in ultra-compact configurations, and diamond points with razor sharp edges.

We have mastered the processes for manufacturing measuring tips that are used at very high temperatures (up to 1000°C).

In addition to diamond tips, Synton-MDP also manufactures measuring tips in alternative, ultra-hard materials such as sapphire, WC, SiC, B4C and CBN.

Our home is in the heart of the Swiss watch industry. These are the best conditions for us to partner with you for tips in ultra hard materials.